from my book, The Danger Within Us - calculations based on medical error plus drug and device complications, surgical deaths: Even if calculation was wrong, if one cut the estimate in half - med interventions would still comprise 3rd leading cause of death. https://t.co/Ik7OyjlMV3
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Hi, I notice you tagged Dr. Prasad, so you might be interested in his review of Dr. Lenzer's book https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/02/07/vinay-prasad-a-wake-up-call-for-the-medical-profession/ … & in his comment on it "One of the best books in medicine I have read."https://jeannelenzer.com/the-danger-within …
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@Skepticscalpel &@RogueRad, for two more, have written about this also. And not in favor of "third leading cause of death."2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @barttels2 @_eleanorina and
Current estimates of medical errors are hugely inflated.
@BenMazer and I will tackle this subject on a future episode of#OutspokenOncology podcast; you don’t want to miss this discussion. Mark your calendar for the 3/26 episode.5 replies 1 retweet 9 likes -
Replying to @chadinabhan @barttels2 and
Yep. Medical errors are nowhere near the third leading cause of death, nor are medical interventions.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-2019-edition/ …
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Replying to @gorskon @chadinabhan and
I'm guessing that
@MarkHoofnagle might have something to say about the claim that medical interventions are the third leading cause of death.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @chadinabhan and
So wait. If you cut her estimate in half it’s still the 3rd leading cause? So she’s doubled the Makary estimate? Guys we predicted this. Medical error is now being blamed for 100% of death. We have reached peak innumeracy.
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @chadinabhan and
Ah, but that's not quite it. She's saying medical errors plus medical procedures are the third leading cause of death.
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That is less unbelievable, but still a stretch. As am aside, for innumeracy, you really should check out Gary Null's latest "death by medicine" numbers. He tried mightily to get to 1M deaths per year due to medical error, but just feel short.
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Replying to @gorskon @chadinabhan and
I like these estimates that not only make us responsible for every death in every hospital but also require us to apparently kill an extra few hundred thousand people a year. So I guess the question now is, who haven’t we killed?
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